Comments on: South China Tiger Update: It’s A Fake

By: Alligator

Alligator — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 06:18:27 +0000

Photo and video footage can no longer be stand alone evidence - nuff said. Drats, a slim hope for the South China tiger is dashed.

By: kittenz

kittenz — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:15:59 +0000

Well, I still hold hope that the South China tigers may not be extinct.

By: Mnynames

Mnynames — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:52:55 +0000

I believe the suspected motive was tourist dollars, at least that’s what I recall reading. Pity.

By: squatch-toba

squatch-toba — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:56:43 +0000

Damn,..Just when you think something great takes place,POOF, gone again!! I wonder what makes people do this sort of stuff?? Too bad, thought maybe this Tiger had come back…sad.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:10:55 +0000

It is interesting to me that in the two pics, the tiger seems to have its head at a slightly different angle. Is this just an artifact of manipulation? I agree with the above that photos are losing a lot of power as incontrovertible visual evidence of anything. You know that when doctored photos get passed off in legitimate newspapers as real ones (and it seems this has happened on quite a few occasions), we have come to an age where any exceptional photograph’s veracity is going to be questioned. Good work to the one who sniffed this one out!

By: Artist

Artist — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:04:38 +0000

Feh!

By: showme

showme — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:35:24 +0000

Sadly, this only goes to show that 2-dimensional claims
(photos, video) just aren’t good enough by themselves anymore.